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M: Mr. Smith, our history professor, announced that we would be doing two papers and three exams this semester. I wonder how I’m going to pour through when other courses have similar requirements. W

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A:Hey, Marco. I could probably go back to Canada next week. 嘿，Marco.我可能下周回加拿大。 B:Why? You don't like China? 为什么？不喜欢中国？ A:No. China is cool. I really like my

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I was driving down the Santa Monica freeway yesterday, headed towards downtown, when all of a sudden I see my engine light come on. Needless to say, that's not the sort of thing one likes to see. So I immediately pull over to the side of the road and

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Before you next flush the toilet, consider this: Scientists in Singapore have developed battery powered by（用…推动的） urine（尿）. 下次冲厕所之前，请不要忘记下面的介绍：新

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Did you know that in general we have on the average, i guess, about 26 eletronic gadgets in our house and they are constantly all pluging them and charging them and very little that power actually goes to chargers. Some of it is just regularly runnin

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Chances are, you plug in your phone before you go to bed at night, thinking it's best to greet the morning with a fully charged device. 晚上临睡前，你可能会给手机充上电，想着第二天早上看到一部电量满格的手机。 Is th

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